John The Ripper Problem

Hey, I'm trying to get JTR (windows version) to work and everytime I type 'john' into cmd, it spits out an "access denied" error.

So I navigated to it in explorer and I have no permissions for the john-386 file whatsoever (it also says its Unable to display current owner) , even when I log into the actual Administrator account on my computer. Im on Vista by the way.

Any ideas what is causing it, or am I just not seeing something really simple? I've used it before and it worked fine, although that was back on XP.

RE: John The Ripper Problem

Emerson wrote:
Turned on the computer today and JTR worked without a hitch. Didn't change a thing. :whoa:

Probably look at some alternatives incase it happens again, but thanks to everyone for the replies.

I do not use Vista, but apparently it had been blocked by a firewall or something like windows defender. And then has been marked as safe/trusted. Or you were not an administrator then, either you or a virus.

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